seconds to liftoff. all in all, a perfect liftoff for space shuttle "atlantis." we have coverage, next good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger in for jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. the final flight in a minute. but first this afternoon, our area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. >> all eyes on the sky here. the rain started about an hour ago. let's get the latest from doug. >> it is really coming down out there in some locations. flash flood watch across most of the entire area, but a flash flood warning for most of maryland, including montgomery county, howard county, frederick, washington, carol, and baltimore county. they are seeing some very heavy rain right now. you can see that rain on the radar. the only severe thunderstorm right now is down towards culpeper. that is going to move through southern portions of culpeper county. but we're watching that line, as well, as it makes its way into the area. the entire region under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. a couple of zooms here, and the first zoom we'll take you to is the one that does show you into montgomery county that we are

seeing some of the heaviest rain right there, right around wheaton right now. right around the at pen hill area. very heavy rain right along 495 in the beltway. also right up along 95, up there towards laurel, seeing very heavy rain, a lot of lightning here, olney, brighton, all seeing heavy rain. >> rockville and gaithersburg. let's go further west. in loudoun county, portions of fairfax county and southern portions of montgomery county, darnestown, ashburn, sterling, just south of leesburg heavy rain. and herndon and reston, heavy rain in your area, as well. as i mentioned, the entire area under the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. that does include almost al of northern virginia, as well as most of the state of maryland. we are going to continue to watch as these storms move through. and it's not just these storms, but storms to our west and well to our west. that's why we have that flash flood watch that's in effect for just about everybody. some areas have already seen 2, 3 and i have a report out of frederick of 4 inches of rain. so we'll continue to watch it for you right here.

guys? all right. wow, that is something. but we needed it. >> yep. well, the weather is already impacting our local airports. all traffic has been halted at all three local airports. reagan, dulles and bwy. so far delays are at least an hour long. there are also delays at airports in the new york area. while the weather was just fine in florida, this morning, the final space shuttle lifted off from the kennedy space center. >> shuttle "atlantis" gave the 1,000 spectators a spectacular 42-second view before disappearing into the clouds. kristen dahlgren joins us live from cape canaveral, florida. >> hi. >> hi, pat and wendy. the weather here was actually really touch and go for a while. just a 30% chance that the weather would cooperate enough to get "atlantis" off the ground, but in the end, as you said, the skies cleared and gave everybody what they were hoping for. a stunning last look at the spacecraft that has meant so much to american history.

there are moments we have seen for years. but today was different as "atlantis" astronauts took the final steps of the shuttle program. tension building as they kept their eye on the weather, as the iconic spacecraft raced into orbit. after those words from the commander -- >> zero and liftoff! >> reporter: "atlantis," the only remaining space shuttle, lifted off from the florida coastline, for the very last time. >> space shuttle spreads its wings one final time for the start of a sentimental journey into history. >> reporter: along with its crew of four, "atlantis" is carrying a legacy. >> i look back at what the shuttle has done in 30 years, hubble telescope, gallo. the shuttles opened space. >> reporter: after 135 launches and more than 20,000 trips around the earth, the final shuttle flight marks the end of the program that for three decades brought america

incredible highs and twice united us in overwhelming tragedy. so on this day, close to 1 million gathered near kennedy space center, their eyes raised sky ward. but for many, their hearts heavy. >> part of me didn't want it to go today because i didn't want it to be over. but it's beautiful. >> full time in 3:16. >> at the last minute, it almost didn't go with just 31 seconds on the clock, a technical glitch needed a closer look. >> liftoff! >> reporter: but in the end, "atlantis" soared into history. all right. so "atlantis" now on its mission in orbit. it does have some work to do, delivering supplies and scientific experiments to the international space station. when it finally does return here, it's actually not going anywhere. it's going to be put at the visitor center, where tourists will take a closer look. and we're getting one up in the d.c. area, as well. so a lot of people looking forward to getting a close look

at the spacecraft. back to you guys. >> yeah, it's going to be sad not seeing that lift off anymore. that really is spectacular. thanks, kristen. >> you bet. that final flight means so much to so many people. >> it sure does. it holds especially true for workers at nasa workers in greenbelt. megan mcgrath watched the liftoff and has reaction. >> 3, 2, 1, 0 and liftoff! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: cheers, as "atlantis" left the launch pad. but with this comes an end to the 30-year-old shuttle program. >> it was a phenomenal experience and sort of a sad experience, knowing that 30 years is now ending, and that there has to be a sort of new exploration put in place. it's sad to see, but at the same time, exciting to see that we have been so successful. >> reporter: although the shuttle does not launch from goddard space flight center, the men and women here have played a

critical role in the program's success. >> many of us here who have worked on almost every shuttle flight, you know, goddard has had pay loads on 75% of the shuttle flights, and we're on the 135th flight, so we've got a very intimate relationship, not only with the shuttles, but with the people, with the crews, with the whole shuttle family. >> reporter: mike coupleberry has been there for 42 years. >> it's been amazing. i built things landing on the moon back in the '60s and '70s and this is an end of an era, but hopefully the beginning of a new era. >> reporter: a new era. many here are talking about what. what the future holds. >> so shuttle is coming to an end. what is nasa doing next? there's new opportunities, new scientific and technology opportunities as we end the shuttle and go to other things. >> we're doing all kinds of great stuff here, so -- there will be plenty good stuff down the road. >> reporter: thousands of shuttle workers will be losing their jobs when this program

comes to an end. but here at goddard space flight center, they believe they will be spared those pink slips. in greenbelt, megan mcgrath, news4. a trial date has been set for the lululemon killing. brittney norwood is accused of killing jana murray inside the lululemon store in bethesda in march. she'll be back in court october 24th to face first degree murder charges. police say norwood beat murray to death after she caught her stealing from the store. detectives say she cried to cover up the attack with a story about two masked men attacking the women. they reopened last month name today, casey anthony refused a visit from her mother. meanwhile, the florida corrections department did some recalculating, and that will mean a few more days in jail for the 25-year-old. officials in orange county recalculated anthony's release date. it's now sunday, july 17th. at first they said she would be out next wednesday. the 25-year-old received the maximum sentence, four years, on

a kwibs conviction of lying to investigators. but the sentence was reduced because of time served and because of good behavior. anthony was found not guilty on all charges related to the death of her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. meanwhile, people who aren't happy about the results of the casey anthony trial have started an online petition. more than 600,000 have signed on to creating caylee's law, which would make it a felony to not notify authorities within 24 hours of the time a child goes missing. caylee anthony was missing a month before authorities were informed. a new permanent exhibit will be opening soon at the museum. it focuses on the dangers faced by investigative journalists. the display includes the bombed out car of the reporter of the arizona republic killed in 1976 for his stories about organized crime. he did live long enough to identify his killers. and there's a display about chauncey bailey, an he heditor

the "oakland post" gunned down four years ago while investigating criminal activity behind the scenes at a bakery in oakland. the new jobs report paints a discouraging picture of the economic recovery. the number of jobs added fell below 20,000, only a fraction of what was expected. the unemployment rate inched upward. the brian mooar has the latest. >> reporter: u.s. employment virtually stalled last month, a net growth of just 18,000 jobs. that nudged the unemployment rate to 9.2%, and raises some serious recovery concerns. >> our economy, as a whole, just isn't producing nearly enough jobs for everybody who is looking. >> reporter: president obama blamed economic headwinds, natural disasters, sky-high gas prices and government budget cuts that slashed 39,000 jobs. despite an early-morning rain in louisville, kentucky, people

began lining up before dawn to apply for one of 1,800 jobs at a retooled ford plant. >> opportunities like this don't come around this often in this type of economy, so i had had to be here early. >> reporter: while the economy added 6,000 manufacturing jobs in june, that's a drop in a very big bucket. >> any way you cut this data, it's lousy. >> reporter: the president called congressional leaders back to the white house on sunday to break the stalemate over the debt ceiling and government spending. democrats and republicans are united on one point. they don't like what they're hearing so far. >> we are not going to reduce the deficit or subsidize tax cuts for the rich on the backs of america's seniors. and working families. >> there is no agreement in private or in public. and as the president said yesterday, we are this far apart. >> reporter: the white house is lowering expectations for sunday's meeting, predicting bottom lines, but not breakthroughs. on capitol hill, brian mooar,

news4. and we've got some nasty weather moving into our area. let's get the latest from doug. >> yeah, hey, guys. a couple of things. first off, severe thunderstorm warning just issued for prince george's county and anne arundel county running until 4:45 this evening. bigger issue is towards frederick county where we do have some severe flooding going on right there. flash flooding once again, the entire area under a flash flood watch. just across our area and into maryland, washington and towards virginia. but some areas have already been hit, especially hard, with upwards of 2, 3, 4 inches of rain. right now, we've got the chief of police from frederick on the phone with us now. and you're dealing with pretty big flooding down there, aren't you? >> yes, sir. we are. we have pretty significant flooding going on. the good news, we had three areas -- three areas that had been closed which are now open. but we have another four or five area roadway closures we're dealing with at the moment. we're working very closely with the department of public works and other city officials to make

sure folks are safe and see what we can do to keep traffic moving. >> how fast did this come about for you guys today? >> it actually happened very fast. i would say in the midst of about 30 minutes, streets began to flood. and there were some traffic tie-ups. as you know, we do have flood control project in downtown frederick that handles the major flooding. but the streets are flooding at the moment. and that's what we're working on. >> and how many streets do you have closed right now, you mentioned? is. >> we have about four or five areas, west patrick street, around west frederick middle school, west second street at college avenue, east church street and highland avenue. rosemount and grant place, and market street and shifersat road, and now open is jefferson street, around first street to u.s. 15 and west second and bents. those were close and had they're

now open. so some stuff is clearing up, which is good. but we're still dealing with some other closures. >> great. and chief, thank you very much. we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. frederick chief of police on the phone with us right now. you can see on the radar picture we are looking at rain over frederick. the heaviest rain has moved east and will continue to do so. we will zoom out and you can see the heaviest rain over mt. airy along i-70 into portions of howard county. that area is getting hit especially hard. the severe thunderstorm that did have that warning that just came out is now down towards anne arundel county and into prince george's county. that severe thunderstorm warning going until 5:00. and it does include calvert county, as well. northwestern calvert county, that is up around the deal area and anne arundel county, shadyside. you're looking at that storm making its way through there fairly quickly here. and just to the north of crofton and odenton, shadyside and sa veterana park, you'll see that storm too.

there are more storms gaining in intensi intensity, all have very heavy rain associated with them. once again, i do think from this storm, we're going to see the biggest impact be the potential for flooding across the region. we'll continue to keep you updated. ladies? >> thank you, doug. when news4 at 4:00 continues this afternoon, hair-smoothing products are once again under scrutiny. this time by lawmakers. and we camp out with harry potter fans as they wait in line to watch the premier. plus, nbc announces a new star to team up with jessica si

nbc has tapped trend sitter, nicole richie to serve as celebrity mentor for a new reality show. it's called "fashion star." this competition will search for america's next popular fashion brand. viewers will instantly be able to purchase contestants brands the next week. jessica simpson will appear as a celebrity mentor and mega model elle mcpherson as host and producer. harry potter appeared at the series' last film. >> fans camped out for four days to catch a glimpse at the london premier. we have the story from london. >> reporter: you know you love harry potter if you'll sleep out in the cold london rain just for a glimpse of its stars.

>> we've come from sydney, australia. >> san francisco. >> salt lake city. >> i love this so much. this is like the best day of my life. >> reporter: these kids know harry potter, all seven books, eight movies, every hippogriff, harry potter got millions of kids not only to pull away from the playstation, but to love reading. and want more. the books have sold 450 million cop hes and sold more than $6 billion in tickets. that which made little round glasses cool also made jk rowling the first billionaire author here on "today" in 2007. >> finishing has certainly made me look back. and it is almost incredible to me at times what's happened. >> reporter: joanne ruling was a divorced mom on welfare when she started writing the first book in a coffee shop so she could stay warm. the story lines have also

matured and now the center stars and fans tearfully celebrate their real life magic of harry. as for the actors, they are now center stars. emma watson once said she felt sick when someone once told her how much she had made from these movies. there is a joke here that harry potter is now wealthier man than prince harry. back to you. >> oh, i can only imagine. if you're looking to get your hair straightened any time soon, you need to listen to this. >> congress has its eye on a product that contains a potentially dangerous chemical. at least ten members of the house are asking the fda to look into keratin-based hair products. the hair straightener contains formaldehyde which is classified as a carcinogen. the fda is investigating the issue, but says for now using formaldehyde is not prohibited. well, earlier this week, facebook announced it is teaming

up with skype for video chatting. >> it's google's latest social media venture is google-plus. drinking melvin has more in today's 20. >> google is launching its own social networking website designed to rival facebook called google plus. and as you might imagine, getting a whole lot of buzz online. people are allegedly scrambling for invitations, even selling invitations on ebay. but is it any better than facebook? we're joined by one of the 20, our list of the 20 people worth following in our community right now, also a social media analyst. and was one of those invited to try google plus. and let's start with that, patrick. you've been on it, you've tried it. what's the word? >> well, you know, the word is, is that this came in with a lot of buzz, not to drop the name of another google product, but a lot of people see this as the -- as the opposition to facebook. >> there has been, as we mentioned, a great deal of buzz,

but it's not just -- it doesn't seem to be just folks on twitter talking about how good or how bad the program itself is. >> well, i think the tech community out there is -- they're very impressed with what google has to offer, but it still has to go over that one hurdle. is the mainstream going to take this on? is the average person with the smartphone, are the people that get smartphones in the future, are they going to start using this? you know, is this good enough to unthrone facebook? and i think a lot of people don't really know the answer to that yet. and so that's where a lot of the conversation is about. >> what's the next step after this? i mean, i know they've got this sort of relatively small focus group of sorts right now trying out google-plus. when are they going to launch this thing full-scale, or do we know that yet? >> you know, we don't know that yet. but as you can tell, as soon as they opened up -- as soon as they launched this field test here, i've used it for a week now -- >> would you leave facebook for google-plus right now? >> you know, i tell you honestly, not right now.

>> patrick fo, one of the 20. always a pleasure, sir. do appreciate your time. thank you so much. and folks, we invite you to join in the discussion, as well. you can follow us at nbcwashington on twitter. you can also follow me, as well. i'm @craig melvin. and if you would like to see more voices, go to nbcwashington.com/the20. >> all right. well, right now you've got to go for your lunge for your umbrella and your -- what do we call them? your wellees. >> or galoshes. >> i would have used galoshes, for sure. maybe even your row boat, because that's how much rain we have seen in some areas. already major flooding in portions of the frederick county area. downtown frederick major flooding. and now you can see all of that rain, the heaviest rain mostly into maryland. but a line of storms as developed into virginia, as well. so northern virginia, we're going to see some heavy rain here, too. now, the one area that we're really concerned about is where

the flash flood warning is in effect until 7:15, anne arundel county, prince george's county, montgomery county, howard county, frederick county, washington county, all under a flash flood warning until 7:15. we'll come back later on and i'll give you the update, right

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doug is here now with the very latest on what's been a really stormy afternoon. >> and a dangerous situation. we talked about the potential for flooding and we've already seen dramatic flooding pictures. let's show you pictures out of frederick. frederick has seen upwards of 3 to 4, even 5 inches of rain in some locations. the first thing you notice is cars going through the water. the first thing you do, do not go through any areas that are flooded. turn around, don't drown. that's the saying from the national weather service, and that's something we want you to heed today, because we have seen a lot of rain into portions of maryland. you can mention, there's that same picture, look at this, this is already up to the wheel wells here. any time that water gets into the engine, your car is done. and if you're near a river or not near something like that, like a downtown area, you could be stranded. so please, make sure you're turning around and not drowning.

as far as the weather is concerned out there right now, live digital doppler radar showing where our rain is. right now, all around our area, severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for anne arundel county. we're going to continue to see those. also down towards spotsylvania county, that thunderstorm there just to the south of frederick. that's severe. let's go ahead and zoom on in here and we'll show you a couple of areas here. one of those areas right around the washington, d.c. region. we're talking about aspen hill, we're talking about the wheatton area, bethesda, silver spring. then east, this is actually intensified over the last half hour or so, talking about prince george's county, anne arundel county, annapolis and shady side, the biggest thunderstorm we have been seeing across our area. there it is around green belt, new carolton, bowie, crofton, all seeing heavy rain and that's going to last for the next hour or so in many locations. and then we're not done yet. we've got another area west. that's why we have those flash flood warnings throughout most of maryland. we're going to continue to see that until 7:15 tonight.

but then behind that, more rain. so we have a flash flood watch for the rest of the area. that goes through late tonight as a result of potential for more heavy rain. so tonight, 84 degrees out there. the current temperature heat index, 91. so a very humid and very moist atmosphere. so a lot of fuel out there to fuel these thunderstorms. temperatures, 84 in manassas right now, 77 in sterling, and 88 down towards leonardtown. as far as the evening goes tonight, we're going to be seeing temperatures 78 to about 83 degrees. but there's the big risk. slight risk of severe weather, heavy rain, possible flooding out there. tomorrow, this will all be a memory. this will move out of here fairly early, we'll see some clouds early, but then a nice start with things becoming mostly sunny by tomorrow afternoon. i think tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day, a little bit on the humid side. 86 to about 90 degrees. and as we move through the rest of the weekend, the weekend looking great. high of 92 on sunday. so just watch out out there for the next couple hours. if you don't have to be out, might as well stay at home. >> all right. thanks, doug.

still to come on news4 at 4:00, the royal couple is headed for los angeles. we'll head west for the royal red carpet treatment. and a wild morning on the "today" sho

welcome back to news4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm wendy rieger sitting in for jim handly. >> the last space shuttle is making its final flight, "atlantis" lifting off into

orbit this morning. there was one glitch 31 seconds before liftoff, a technical issue, but then all was a go. more than a million people watched. "atlantis" will bring supplies to the international space station. the woman accused of killing her co-worker is set to go to trial to face first degree murder charges. police say she killed jana murray inside the lululemon store in march after murray caught her stealing store merchandise. the new jobs report paints a dismal picture of our economy. the number of jobs added was only 18,000, far below what was expected. and the white house is trying to lower expectations for sunday's meeting on the debt ceiling deal, saying they are expecting bottom-lines, not breakthroughs. and a bad report on the jobs front sent stocks tumbling. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all finished down for the day. the dow finished off more than 62 points. the nasdaq off 12.

and the s&p down 9. now to our big story. of course, major flooding in frederick, maryland. darcy spencer joins us on the phone. you're heading up i-270. what are the conditions like there, darcy? >> reporter: wendy, pretty bad. we left the station and came up river road, basically stop and go traffic. we took river road to the beltway. [ no audio ] >> sounds like we've just lost darcy spencer there on i-270. reporting in the midst of a downpour. >> flooding. this is a picture of downtown frederick, maryland, where it is -- they have closed off some of the streets there, obviously, because of conditions are just that bad as doug was telling you earlier. and he will be back to update us in just a moment. but let's head out to california and the duke and duchess of cambridge wrapping up their visit to canada and heading to hollywood.

prince william has visited the u.s. but his wife has never been here. gena kim is in beverly hills. >> reporter: the royal newly wed's first official trip to the united states begins today and has host city los angeles in the throes of royal fever. >> i haven't really heard of royalty coming to america, especially to l.a., so i think it's really cool they're coming here. it's kind of exciting. >> definitely. i mean, you can't walk down hollywood or go to certain places and say, "oh, hey, there's william and kate." it's a special occasion. >> reporter: their first stop is the beverly hilton in beverly hills, home to one of hollywood's most glamorous events, the golden globe awards. they'll attend "variety" magazine's venture capital and must media summit to help promote british trade and investment. ♪ >> reporter: promoting british interests and international relations is what they have been doing for the past nine days in canada. the prince and princess wrapped up their canadian tour this

afternoon at the calgary stampede, where they dressed like the locals and mingled with vip right up until their flight for the u.s. southern california is the couple's only stop during their three-day u.s. visit. though their close friends, elton john and david and victoria beckham have homes here, they'll stay at the british consult general's mansion in l.a.'s historic hancock park. tomorrow, prince william plays at a charity polo match in santa barbara, and then and he kate will mingle with hollywood royalty for film and television arts. nicole kidman, tom hanks and jennifer lopez are among the celebrities they'll be mingling with at the party. also among their stops are downtown l.a.'s skid row, and a job fair for veterans before they fly back home on sunday afternoon. in beverly hills, gina kim, news4. we go back now to news4's darcy spencer, making her way out i-270 this afternoon in the

midst of heavy flooding in that area, particularly in frederick. darcy, tell us again where you are, and what you are witnessing. >> reporter: pat, yes, sorry about that. the call just dropped out. we came out river road to the beltway to 270. very, very slow going. rain mixed with friday traffic, and you know it's going to take a long time to get out to germantown or frederick area. at some point the rain was coming down so hard, you could barely see out of the wind shield. so we're making our way slowly up 270 north. we're in the gaithersburg area. traffic is basically coming to a stand still. we might love a little while and then it comes to a stand still once again. we're seeing some pooling and puddling of water here on 270 north as we're heading out toward frederick. seeing some ambulances and fire trucks in the area. i haven't seen any accidents, per se. i saw them going in the southbound direction. actually toward washington.

but very difficult driving conditions in the rain. right now it seems to have lightened up a little bit, but it's been kind of coming in waves where it will lighten up and then you get another downpour. but we're hearing and getting pictures from frederick of major flooding in the downtown area. if you're familiar with frederick at all, it has basically a main street which is market street with a lot of businesses, a lot of really nice restaurants and establishments there. and it looks like there's some flooding that's going on, also some basement flooding that's also residential as well as offices. very vibrant area in frederick. and we're seeing some pictures indicating some pretty major flooding there in that area. a lot of roads closed, as well. >> all right. darcy spencer reporting live from gaithersburg headed to frederick, where they've gotten quite a lot of rain this afternoon, flooding. doug will have the latest on the flooding there. and flooding around the region in just a few moments.

meanwhile, the woman known as octomom because of her octuplets is speaking out today about a recent magazine article written about her. nadya suleman was recently quoted in "in touch" magazine as saying she hates babies and that they disgust her. suleman spoke with ann curry on the "today" show to tell her, her side of the story. >> but you want an apology? >> i think they should retract it, because it's all slander. all of it. i love my children, i would do anything for my kids. i live for my kids. >> so you never said -- >> never. >> you thought that they were -- >> i adore kids. i've always loved children. i love all kids. i love my kids. i would die for my kids. so i mean -- and i don't regret. i can't waste my energy or time regretting anything. >> as you can see, everyone on the "today" set had their hands full with 2-year-old octuplets. suleman says she supports herself and all fourteen of her children with her fitness trainer job, as well as her public appearances, and monthly boxing tours.

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ú$1 hello, i am2j$ hello, i am meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center watching a dangerous situation. a lot of flooding occurring across parts of the area, a lot of the state of maryland, much of the state of maryland under a flash flood warning now. also a severe thunderstorm warning in prince gorges county and anne arundel county, in the glen bernie area and the anne arundel county. another strong storm approaching the fredericksburg area. could you have a warning in your area down towards fredericksburg and stafford county within the next half hour or so.

we'll continue to keep you updated on all of the rain and other storms coming through the district right now. wendy, pat? >> thanks, doug. a man with an interesting companion has been getting a lot of attention as he travels through parts of new york. >> this is ned neffer and his wife, teagan, oh, dear, is a man i again. the current adventure is the secretary leg of their trip. >> the it's real. we weren't legally married. but on the ocean, we took our bev

it's been a stormy afternoon. let's get the latest now from doug. >> a very stormy afternoon with a lot of rain out there. not a whole lot of lightning in most of these storms. but still, very heavy rain, torrential rain in some locations with very heavy downpours continuing to get a lot of calls to the storm center telling me about the heavy rain. you can see some of that rain falling right now from our city cam too lolooking towards the c. even some lightning right around the direct as one thunderstorm continuing to increase in intensity is moving right over

the washington, d.c. area right now. you can see on live digital doppler radar where that rain is. right now, it really straddles the i-95 corridor back towards frederick where we have seen heaviest rain and major flooding. we are starting to see that rain move out of here. but the heaviest rain right now in prince george's and anne arundel county and a line through fairfax county and down towards fauquier and prince william county, too. so we're going to continue to zoom in here. and you can see right around the washington area towards the airport some heavy rain there around false church. also seeing that heavy rain also towards the east, new carolton, green belt, keterring, all seeing heavy rain around mitchellville and bowie right along 50 and towards the annapolis area, too. and back towards 50 and 66, towards virginia and fairfax county, oakton, chantilly, and i just got a call from mt. vernon saying, hey, we just saw one heck of a downpour here, that, of course, in had fairfax county along the potomac river, continuing to move north and east. and really, the entire system will move north and east.

but we do have a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. now, take a look down to the south. you can see a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for spotsylvania county. that storm could be near fredericksburg, but also want to show you what's happening around our area. not around florida. let me go back towards our region. what i want to show you here is how much rain we have left. look back to the west. look back towards charleston. that's another area of rain that could come through later tonight. so we're going to continue to watch the potential for heavy rain and a flash flood watch in effect through the night the 80s in most locations. 81 now in the d.c. area. but some areas back to the west down into the 70s. 7 2 in frederick, 73 in sterling. now, overnight, expect some rain to continue to occur. but by tomorrow morning, we should be seeing those clouds xit.ld be seeing those clouds we'll see clouds early, but a rather nice start. tomorrow afternoon, becoming mostly sunny, warm, a bit humid, but i think a great day tomorrow. 86 to about 90 degrees as we move through the next couple of

a÷pyy. 2. and back to the heat and humidity monday. temperatures around 94 degrees, another chance of storms coming tuesday. temperatures still in the 90s. we'll get through this. it will happen most likely in the next couple hours and then maybe another round, a lesser round. right now, we continue to watch it for you right here. >> all right. thank you, doug. it is not common to see conjoined birds.v conjoined birds.v of birds she found. they are conjoineded at the wing. >> and the woman is hoping to find a vet who will be able to separate the young robins. keith mccourt has the story. >> reporter: luckily, these guys landed in the care of a skilled rescuer. >> they think it's the parent. >> reporter: priscilla todd has been caring for injured and baby birds since she was a child. but this is a first for the centerville woman, a pair of i. >> it appears that they are nad it appears they are joined right

through here. this connected on here. and then it connects here to this bird. >> reporter: it was priscilla's son who discovered the birds on the ground, flapping around. when the stronger, bigger bird tries to fly, it drags the other one around, risking injury to both of them. their chances aren't good. >> they can do nothing that they need to do to survive, like this. and they are easy, easy prey. >> reporter: priscilla doesn't want to give up on the robin, since it doesn't look like the two birds share any vital organs, she suggests she could be successfully separated, get a real chance to survive and be returned to the wild. it's a long shot, she knows. but -- >> it's a worth of a try. maybe there's a vet out there who says, you know, what i may be able to separate those birds and give them a shot at life. so that's my hope. >> it will be interesting to see if they can find someone. >> yeah. >> to do that. >> that was keith mccourt reporting there.#u,/tugsw5q

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we'll take a look at commercial space travel. . eight people are dead this afternoon in michigan after a gunman went on a shooting spree ask then killed himself. it happened in grand rapids last night. people say rodrick dantzler shot four people in one house and then killed three others on the other side of town. he then took three people hostage inside an apartment, holding them for hours. police negotiated with dantzler, and he released one hostage before turning the gun on himself. police say dantzler was recently released from prison. his j for min shootings is still unclear.% hour. the prime minister of italy announced he will not seek another term. silvio berlusconi wants his justice minister to lead the next election. he made his remarks with an italian newspaper. he has been fighting allegations #

scandal in london. a former "news of the world" editor has been arrested and released as investigations into the allegations of phone hacking by the british tabloid continues.

>> that editor also served as british prime minister david cameron's communications chief. dron is coming under fire for hiring him, despite his troubled past. >> reporter: only days after these terrible phone hacking allegations exploded once again in britain, one day after "the news of the world" announced it will cease to exist, two former employees have been arrested. one is h former editor, later hired as communications director for the prime minister, something the prime minister now is begin coming under fire for. >> the decision to hire him was mine and mine alone. and i take full responsibility for it. >> reporter: the second person arrested is a reporter who actually did prison time for phone hacking at "the news of the world" in 2007. the thing is, since then and only recently, the allegations have ballooned to include possibly thousands of potential phone hacking victims, including the families of soldiers killed in battle and the families of murder victims, even in one case, the murder victim herself.

the government now wants to know, has this been going on at other newspapers? why did the original police investigation sail so abysmally in the words of the prime minister? why were police allegedly taking huge payments from journalists, and why did politicians who may have had wind that this is something much bigger not do anything more about it? and the prime minister said, look, how does the public trust? the police to protect them, politicians to represent them and the press to inform them. he says the public has been failed by all three, and that he won't rest until this is thoroughly, independently investigated. and then fixed. back to you. oñ that's michellef you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader. now, live in hd, this is news4 at 5:00. it's a wet and stormy evening. the rain is pouring down in parts of the area. severe thunderstorm warnings are

in effect, and flash flooding is causing some really big problems in one rainb+bx hasn'te good e to news4 at 5:00, i'm wendy rieger.e⌜'m in for jim handly. >> if heavy rain hasn't reached you already, it is not far away. >> doug kammerer is monitoring flood warnings. >> if it hasn't reached you yet, it will, yeah, that's for sure. some areas in southern maryland have not seen much in the way of rain yet. but trust me, you will. and it is going to come down in buckets. out there right now, on live digital doppler radar, you can see where that rain is, straddling the i-95 corridor. we'll do a couple zooms here, one area of thunderstorm activity right around washington into prince george's county and into anne arundel county. that is a big area of storms there with some very heavy rain. but down to the south, that's where we have a new severe thunderstorm warning right now around fredericksburg, just moved through fredericksburg, just to your north. but we're talking about stafford county, even portions of